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Washington Redskins at Tennessee Titans

Saturday, 8:00 pm Eastern – NFL Network

Opening Line: Titans -3, Total 35.5

2006 NFL Rookie of the year Vince Young and the Tennessee Titans play host to the Washington Redskins on Saturday night. Young had a great rookie season and nearly led the Titans to the playoffs last year.  The Titans are a much different team than last year so Saturday’s preseason opener will be the first chance to see the new players in action.

Starters lost for Tennessee are running back Travis Henry who went to Denver, wide receivers Drew Bennett now with the Rams and Bobby Wade now with the Vikings.  The Titans also have lost cornerback Pacman Jones who was suspended for the entire season. 

Washington will be looking to start off the preseason with a new attitude after going a very poor 5-11 last season. The Redskins added middle linebacker London Fletcher, safety LaRon Landry their first round pick and cornerback Fred Smoot to their defense. On offense the Redskins will look for more cohesiveness out of quarterback Jason Campbell.

Current Line: Titans -3, Total 35.5

Running back Clinton Portis (knee) is not expected to play.  The Redskins are expected to go with Jason Campbell for less than a quarter followed by Mark Brunell, Todd Collins and rookie Jordan Palmer.  It could be that Brunell plays quite a bit since he is coming off shoulder surgery and needs the work.

The Titans will play Vince Young sparingly and he will be followed by Kerry Collins and Tim Rattay.  The starters may actually play more than normal for the Titans in the preseason opener. "I would say this: we are going to play people a little longer than you would expect, because we need to," head coach Jeff Fisher said.

The Redskins hold a 3-2 edge in their all-time preseason series with the Titans.  The two teams met last season in regular season action as Tennessee won 25-22.